The good, the bad and the Universal: what Ron Meyer really thinks of his studio's movies - in pictures

Ron Meyer, the head of Universal Pictures, has said that his company makes 'lots of shitty movies'. 'Every one of them breaks my heart,'
he told an audience at the Savannah film festival. But which of Universal's pictures are heartbreakers? And which are the ones Ron's proud of? Let's find out from the man himself ...

A Beautiful Mind 'I don’t know that we’d do A Beautiful Mind again. That’s the sad part. It’s great to win awards and make films that you’re proud of and make money, but your first obligation is to make money and then worry about being proud of what you do'
• Read what we thought of A Beautiful Mind

The Wolfman 'One of the worst movies we ever made. The moment I saw it I thought, "What have we all done here?" That movie was crappy. We all went wrong. That’s one we should have smelled out a long time ago. The script never got right … The director was wrong. Benicio [del Toro] stunk. It all stunk'
• Read what we thought of The Wolfman

Cowboys & Aliens'Forget all the smart people involved in it, it wasn’t good enough. All those little creatures bouncing around were crappy. I think it was a mediocre movie, and we all did a mediocre job with it ... You couldn’t have more talented people involved in Cowboys & Aliens, but it took, you know, 10 smart and talented people to come up with a mediocre movie. It just happens'
• Read our review of Cowboys & Aliens

United 93 'One of the movies I’m most proud of. It wasn’t a big moneymaker, but it’s a film I believe every American should see and it showed you what people can do in the worst of times and how great the human spirit is and all that. So there are moments that can make up for all the junk that you make'
• Read our review of United 93

Scott Pilgrim Vs the World 'Scott Pilgrim, I think, was actually kind of a good movie. But none of you guys went! And you didn’t tell your friends to go! But, you know, it happens. Scott Pilgrim did deserve better, but it just didn’t capture enough of the imaginations of people, and it was one of those things where it didn’t cost a lot so it wasn’t a big loss'
• Read what we thought of Scott Pilgrim Vs the World